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    FEMINISM & RELIGION—Child of the Earth

    by Elizabeth Cunningham October 21, 2020
    by Elizabeth Cunningham October 21, 2020

    Check out my latest for Feminism and Religion. “I have a vivid childhood memory of being sick with the stomach flu and standing in…

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    Book Group Discussion Questions for Murder at the Rummage Sale

    by Elizabeth Cunningham March 3, 2017
    by Elizabeth Cunningham March 3, 2017

    Murder at the Rummage Sale can be categorized as a cozy mystery.  How does it fit that genre? In what ways does it differ from a…

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    Boudica’s Last Battlefield

    by Elizabeth Cunningham January 25, 2017
    by Elizabeth Cunningham January 25, 2017

    “Atherstone!” The railway official I had managed to pigeonhole in busy London Euston Station seemed affronted. “Why do you want to go to Atherstone? There’s…

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    Maeve (aka Mary Magdalen) on the Papyrus Scrap

    by Elizabeth Cunningham September 30, 2012
    by Elizabeth Cunningham September 30, 2012

    Maeve has been impatiently waiting for interview requests from The New York Times and other major media since The Times published that article about…

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    MAEVE SPEAKS

    by Elizabeth Cunningham August 4, 2012
    by Elizabeth Cunningham August 4, 2012

    My name is Maeve. It rhymes with brave, cave, wave. (I am not going to go through all the rhyming possibilities; some are not…

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    Fact, Fiction & Truth: the perils and joys of writing religious fiction

    by Elizabeth Cunningham July 23, 2012
    by Elizabeth Cunningham July 23, 2012

    “You cannot make God a fairytale!” declared the woman in the second row, her face blotchy with outrage. “The Blessed Mother and Mary Magdalen…

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    Pilgrimage To Magdalen Country

    by Elizabeth Cunningham July 23, 2012
    by Elizabeth Cunningham July 23, 2012

    In March, 2004 I made a pilgrimage to Magdalen country in the South of France as part of my research for The Way of…

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    In Search of Real Gardens: A Novelist’s Onsite Research

    by Elizabeth Cunningham July 23, 2012
    by Elizabeth Cunningham July 23, 2012

    “A fairytale is an imaginary garden with real toads in it.” I don’t know the source of this quotation, but I take it as…

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    Why a Celtic Mary Magdalen?

    by Elizabeth Cunningham July 23, 2012
    by Elizabeth Cunningham July 23, 2012

    I am not Irish. That is why I am writing this essay: to explain how someone who is not Irish can be captivated by…

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    Did You Have to Make Her a Prostitute? Archetype vs. Stereotype

    by Elizabeth Cunningham July 23, 2012
    by Elizabeth Cunningham July 23, 2012

    The Big Question: Did you have to make her a prostitute? Isn’t the traditional depiction of her as a prostitute just perpetuating a patriarchal…

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Elizabeth Cunningham is best known as the author of The Maeve Chronicles, a series of awardwinning novels, featuring a feisty Celtic Magdalen. All the Perils of this Night, the sequel to her debut mystery Murder at the Rummage Sale, is forthcoming in 2020.

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Elizabeth Cunningham | Author Poet Counselor
  • About
  • Books
    • All the Perils of This Night
    • Tell Me the Story Again
    • The Book of Madge (Her Book)
    • Murder at the Rummage Sale
    • So Ecstasy Can Find You
    • The Maeve Chronicles
      • Magdalen Rising: The Beginning
      • The Passion of Mary Magdalen
      • Bright Dark Madonna
      • Red-Robed Priestess
    • How to Spin Gold
    • Small Bird
    • The Return of the Goddess, A Divine Comedy
    • The Wild Mother
    • Wild Mercy: Tarot Inspired Musings
  • Blog
    • Book Excerpts Essays and Articles Event Recaps Interviews/Q&A News Updates & Announcements Poetry Reviews All
      Book Excerpts

      FEMINISM & RELIGION—All the Perils of this Night:…

      July 27, 2020

      Book Excerpts

      Tell Me Story Again, preview of a new…

      September 20, 2018

      Book Excerpts

      Video Preview of The Book of Madge

      November 20, 2017

      Book Excerpts

      Maeve’s Mothers on Birth Control

      February 26, 2012

      Essays and Articles

      FEMINISM & RELIGION—Child of the Earth

      October 21, 2020

      Essays and Articles

      Book Group Discussion Questions for Murder at the…

      March 3, 2017

      Essays and Articles

      Boudica’s Last Battlefield

      January 25, 2017

      Essays and Articles

      Maeve (aka Mary Magdalen) on the Papyrus Scrap

      September 30, 2012

      Event Recaps

      Virtual Lughnasadh with Elizabeth Cunningham and Friends

      August 6, 2020

      Interviews/Q&A

      Let’s talk about music…

      August 27, 2020

      Interviews/Q&A

      In Conversation with Cait Johnson

      August 15, 2020

      Interviews/Q&A

      A Childhood in Narnia

      July 23, 2012

      Interviews/Q&A

      Getting #Married: an interview with Meredith Gould (@MeredithGould)

      January 10, 2012

      News Updates & Announcements

      NOW IN PRINT: Tell Me the Story Again

      August 20, 2019

      News Updates & Announcements

      Publication News

      July 31, 2019

      News Updates & Announcements

      25th Anniversary Edtion of The Wild Mother coming…

      September 20, 2018

      News Updates & Announcements

      May 2018 Update

      June 6, 2018

      Poetry

      Tell Me Story Again, preview of a new…

      September 20, 2018

      Poetry

      …between ancient roots

      April 2, 2014

      Poetry

      …or not

      April 2, 2014

      Poetry

      …your path is waiting

      January 6, 2014

      Reviews

      Tell Us a New Story: Brenda Peterson’s New…

      February 9, 2010

      Blog

      FEMINISM & RELIGION—Child of the Earth

      October 21, 2020

      Blog

      Let’s talk about music…

      August 27, 2020

      Blog

      In Conversation with Cait Johnson

      August 15, 2020

      Blog

      Virtual Lughnasadh with Elizabeth Cunningham and Friends

      August 6, 2020

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